ALL manner of pre-loved paperbacks bounded off the shelves as the owners behind second-hand book sellers Book Bounce launched their new space on Saturday.<\/p>\n
With their stockpile dotted about locations throughout town since establishing last year, co-founder Josh Dunbar said the Bridge Street-based site was a much-welcomed central hub.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a little crowd out the front since we opened at 11am. From there, the shop was basically full all day. One crowd would leave and another would come in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a fantastic event. We had raffles going and a costume competition. Garrison [McErvale, co-founder] was dressed as Where\u2019s Wally and I was dressed as Harry Potter for Book Week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a bit of a buzz around the place. We would\u2019ve easily sold over 500 books.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event also saw the launch of the store\u2019s Book Bounce Buddies mascot, a teenage girl and her shape-shifting cat, the latter of which attendees were invited to name in a draw.<\/p>\n
In keeping with the owners\u2019 ethos of rescuing used books from landfill, each item during the launch cost $2 with the exception of those in their special cabinet which ranged between $10 to $500.<\/p>\n
Prior to their new space which was acquired earlier in July, the pair\u2019s retail activities were mainly through market spaces like Clunes Booktown Festival.<\/p>\n
Located at 7\/107 Bridge Mall, the space will be open nearly every Saturday from 10am to 3pm with the potential to include Sundays.<\/p>\n
The owners previously had to drive from place to place to collect books, and Mr Dunbar said their new space will bring much of their stock to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe constantly have people saying if you don\u2019t come get them they\u2019re going to the tip because the op shops aren\u2019t taking them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will give people a place every Saturday to be able to come down to our shop and drop off their books here.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne lady drove down from Melbourne and bought a book off us and had a carload of books to give us. This is giving people weekly access to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr McErvale and Mr Dunbar next plan to establish a warehouse space for further storage and market space to potentially replace their regular monthly spot at Eureka Hall which they will meanwhile continue to maintain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ALL manner of pre-loved paperbacks bounded off the shelves as the owners behind second-hand book sellers Book Bounce launched their new space on Saturday. With their stockpile dotted about locations throughout town since establishing last year, co-founder Josh Dunbar said the Bridge Street-based site was a much-welcomed central hub. \u201cThere was a little crowd out […]<\/p>\n